John Barrs
February 17th, 2011, 05:42 PM
This was an well fought round
The real def was #2 the fetter which gained a D3. I knew of a use in TH
White "Once and future king" involving the making of a love fetter from an
unbroken loop of skin from a human. I had hoped for that def but alas it was
not to be; the OED is much more prosaic. Jim Hart and I had obviously both
read and remembered TH White which we discussed as our own private OT during
the round. It was not a great magick but a piseog
Thank-you too for the sympathy for what is obviously a flu attack.
Fortunately it (so far) is relatively mild compared with some of the cases
round here.
Oh, yes, results
Dave Cunningham and Jim Hart both scored 6 and by the rolling scores rule
I think that Dave is our next dealer Therefore real winner is Jim: Keith
Hale with 5 points follows them
JohnnyB
1. an eraser that can be attached to, or detached from, a pencil end...
Voted for by Hart [From Matthew Grieco who voted for 11 and 16] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
2. a rope or fetter for hobbling cattle, horses, etc.; esp. a short, noosed
rope used for fettering the hind legs of a cow during milking...
Voted for by Madnick, Shepherdson, Hale [From OED online 2010 who can's vote
and garners me a D3
3. a small South American bird native to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego...
Voted for by Schultz [From Steve Graham who voted for 13 and 15] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
4. a fabric woven to stretch in one direction only...
Voted for by Bourne, Widdis [From Dick Weltz who voted for 6 and 11] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
5. one of a series of armour plates that go around the hips like a skirt...
Voted for by Stevens [From Judy Madnick who voted for 2* and 13] and scores
[1 + 2] = 3*
6. a shallow arch that is load-bearing in a horizontal direction but not in
a vertical direction...
Voted for by Weltz, Widdis, Cunningham [From Tim Bourne who voted for 4 and
11] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
7. a group or company...
Voted for by nobody [From Chris Carson who voted for 11 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
8. a cigar with both ends cut flat...
Voted for by nobody [From Dan Widdis who voted for 4 and 6] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
9. a sea cucumber of the genus spancelus (spiny cucumbers); having the
characteristics of this...
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 2* and 15] and
scores [0 + 2] = 2*
10. a narrow slit in the outside wall of a fortification, opening to a
wider aperture on the interior wall, so that arrows can be fired
through at a variety of angles...
Voted for by Abell [From Tim Lodge who voted for 15 and 16] and scores [1 +
0] = 1
11. a demilune in a clerestory (_architecture_)...
Voted for by Grieco, Weltz, Bourne, Carson, Keating, Schultz [From Dave
Cunningham who voted for 6 and 16] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
12. a female spaniel...
Voted for by nobody [From Paul Keating who voted for 11 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
13. obs. a length of cord with knots at regular intervals used for measuring
distances...
Voted for by Graham, Madnick, Morgan [From Keith Hale who voted for 2* and
18] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
14. to abdicate an unpleasant or onerous duty...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 5 and 18] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
15. a diagonal spar forming part of a geodetic truss...
Voted for by Graham, Carson, Shepherdson, Lodge, Keating, Abell [From Jim
Hart who voted for 1 and 18] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
16. a small round window...
Voted for by Grieco, Lodge, Cunningham [From Toni Savage who did not vote ]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
17. an animation technique in which the characters are drawn on celluloid
sheets and laid over a static background drawing, reducing the number of
times an image has to be redrawn...
Voted for by nobody [From Mike Shefler who voted for DQ and ] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
18. a decorative hasp, often employing a botanical motif...
Voted for by Hale, Stevens, Hart [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 3 and 11]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
19. a brood or hatch of partridges...
Voted for by nobody [From Millie Morgan who voted for 13 and 20] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
20. a template for drawing smooth curves on paper...
Voted for by Morgan [From Tony Abell who voted for 10 and 15] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1
21. an abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms,
or external injury...
Voted for by nobody [From Scott Crom who did not vote ] and scores [0 + 0] =
0
The real def was #2 the fetter which gained a D3. I knew of a use in TH
White "Once and future king" involving the making of a love fetter from an
unbroken loop of skin from a human. I had hoped for that def but alas it was
not to be; the OED is much more prosaic. Jim Hart and I had obviously both
read and remembered TH White which we discussed as our own private OT during
the round. It was not a great magick but a piseog
Thank-you too for the sympathy for what is obviously a flu attack.
Fortunately it (so far) is relatively mild compared with some of the cases
round here.
Oh, yes, results
Dave Cunningham and Jim Hart both scored 6 and by the rolling scores rule
I think that Dave is our next dealer Therefore real winner is Jim: Keith
Hale with 5 points follows them
JohnnyB
1. an eraser that can be attached to, or detached from, a pencil end...
Voted for by Hart [From Matthew Grieco who voted for 11 and 16] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
2. a rope or fetter for hobbling cattle, horses, etc.; esp. a short, noosed
rope used for fettering the hind legs of a cow during milking...
Voted for by Madnick, Shepherdson, Hale [From OED online 2010 who can's vote
and garners me a D3
3. a small South American bird native to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego...
Voted for by Schultz [From Steve Graham who voted for 13 and 15] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
4. a fabric woven to stretch in one direction only...
Voted for by Bourne, Widdis [From Dick Weltz who voted for 6 and 11] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
5. one of a series of armour plates that go around the hips like a skirt...
Voted for by Stevens [From Judy Madnick who voted for 2* and 13] and scores
[1 + 2] = 3*
6. a shallow arch that is load-bearing in a horizontal direction but not in
a vertical direction...
Voted for by Weltz, Widdis, Cunningham [From Tim Bourne who voted for 4 and
11] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
7. a group or company...
Voted for by nobody [From Chris Carson who voted for 11 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
8. a cigar with both ends cut flat...
Voted for by nobody [From Dan Widdis who voted for 4 and 6] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
9. a sea cucumber of the genus spancelus (spiny cucumbers); having the
characteristics of this...
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 2* and 15] and
scores [0 + 2] = 2*
10. a narrow slit in the outside wall of a fortification, opening to a
wider aperture on the interior wall, so that arrows can be fired
through at a variety of angles...
Voted for by Abell [From Tim Lodge who voted for 15 and 16] and scores [1 +
0] = 1
11. a demilune in a clerestory (_architecture_)...
Voted for by Grieco, Weltz, Bourne, Carson, Keating, Schultz [From Dave
Cunningham who voted for 6 and 16] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
12. a female spaniel...
Voted for by nobody [From Paul Keating who voted for 11 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
13. obs. a length of cord with knots at regular intervals used for measuring
distances...
Voted for by Graham, Madnick, Morgan [From Keith Hale who voted for 2* and
18] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
14. to abdicate an unpleasant or onerous duty...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 5 and 18] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
15. a diagonal spar forming part of a geodetic truss...
Voted for by Graham, Carson, Shepherdson, Lodge, Keating, Abell [From Jim
Hart who voted for 1 and 18] and scores [6 + 0] = 6
16. a small round window...
Voted for by Grieco, Lodge, Cunningham [From Toni Savage who did not vote ]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
17. an animation technique in which the characters are drawn on celluloid
sheets and laid over a static background drawing, reducing the number of
times an image has to be redrawn...
Voted for by nobody [From Mike Shefler who voted for DQ and ] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
18. a decorative hasp, often employing a botanical motif...
Voted for by Hale, Stevens, Hart [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 3 and 11]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
19. a brood or hatch of partridges...
Voted for by nobody [From Millie Morgan who voted for 13 and 20] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
20. a template for drawing smooth curves on paper...
Voted for by Morgan [From Tony Abell who voted for 10 and 15] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1
21. an abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms,
or external injury...
Voted for by nobody [From Scott Crom who did not vote ] and scores [0 + 0] =
0